Quote (Djunior @ May 25 2023 02:45pm)

Nope, the orcs won the battle of Soledar and Bakhmut while Ukraine is saying they still hold Bakhmut and Western MSM are all spreading that propaganda. *Guffaw*

BTW

Their counteroffensive will need to break through well prepared defenses while a whole lot of artillery / missile systems are waiting and drones are constantly monitoring the situation.

Looks like there are a couple hundred thousand Russian forces that were mobilized and haven't been committed yet meaning they're by now fully trained reserves and no doubt will be rushed in when needed.

Quote (Malopox @ May 25 2023 09:32pm)

You have a unique chance to convince me I’m smoking kremlin crack.

Please build a good argument.

I want to be convinced I’m wrong.

Quote (Santara @ May 25 2023 11:05pm)

They won a pair of rubble piles, at the expense of 180,000 casualties. But hey, they're standing in the ruins now! GOOD JOB PUTIN!

Yep, the counteroffensive will indeed be difficult. But the Ukrainians have done nothing but impress the world with their tenacity and pluck.

Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ 26 May 2023 00:38)

they did alright after a very rough start despite receiving NATO training and advice for years before the invasion

i dont think however, that "the world" is impressed

ukraine is just holding on with the western world dumping every dollar and piece of equipment in there against a bunch of "orcs", who are probably the underperformers of the century

aside from that, most of the world gives zero fucks

Quote (Meanwhile @ May 26 2023 12:59am)

It' two ways:
- Ukrainians are creative and performant, it's not hard to imagine how the holomodor & the whole soviet crap motivated alot of them to throw all in.
- Russian army surprised everyone by its excessive incompetence & rampant corruption and exposed the major flaws of these kinds of regimes.

Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ 26 May 2023 01:09)

i can agree with this, anti russian sentiment has a long history in ukraine

second part is true as well, i am guilty as charged about believing russia to be more capable like almost everyone else

thats what decades of cold war did to us i guess, but in the end russia is doing the same shit they have been doing in every war in over 200 years

build a lot of cannons and throw farmers out there to die

Quote (Meanwhile @ May 26 2023 01:35am)

Our democracies are fragile, especially when our own people are ending up forgetting the luck they have.

Quote (Meanwhile @ 26 May 2023 01:35)

Our democracies are fragile, especially when our own people are ending up forgetting the luck they have.